Life in Angel Grove was great. No monsters were terrorizing the city and children were playing happily in the park, at the beach and everywhere. However, at the Angel Grove Youth Centre, Tommy Oliver couldn't focus on his martial arts.

"Are you all right, Tommy?" asked Rocky DeSantos, his friend.

"I don't know," replied Tommy. "It's just sad that Jason and Billy have gone."

"You still got us," said Adam Park, another one of his friends.

"Yeah, I know," smiled Tommy. "I'm just going through a rough time, that's all."
Meanwhile, two of his friends Kat Hillard and Tanya Sloan were walking around with Junior Police Detectives Bulk and Skull.

"No, Bulk, we did not take Detective Stone's cake," snapped Tanya.

"Well, do you have any idea where it might be?" asked Bulk.

"Yeah, it's the type of cake that only he likes – chocolate cake with jam cream," added Skull.

"Yes, Skull, we got that for the eighth time!" sighed Kat. "Where does he usually go for his lunch break?"

"In the park," answered Bulk.

"Then why aren't you searching us and not the park?"

"Because you were the last ones talking to Detective Stone and that makes you two highly suspects," answered Bulk.

"Well, he did interviewed more people in the park before us and I don't think they've left yet," Kat told them.

Bulk gasped. "Come on, Skull! Let's go!"

"But, Bulkie, what about lunch?" asked Skull. "All this investigating is giving me an appetite!"

"Duty comes first!" snapped Bulk, dragging him. "Now, come on!"

The girls laughed at them as Tommy and the boys joined them.

"Yeah, that's showing them, girls!" laughed Rocky.

Then beeping came.

"Come in, Zordon," said Tommy to his communicator, but there came no reply. "Alpha, come in." But there was still no answer.

"Guys! Guys!" called a guy from the entrance.

The gang thought the guy looked familiar, so they went to the entrance and they were surprised to meet one of their friends.

"Cestro?"

It was Cestro, one of their allies and friends, from the planet Aquitar.

"What's going on, Cestro?" asked Tommy.

"How can we help you?" asked Rocky.

"It's more like my team and I are here to help you," Cestro answered.

"What do you mean?" asked Tanya.

"Let's teleport to the Power Chamber and you'll see," Cestro told him.

That's what they did.


When they got to the Power Chamber, they saw what Cestro meant. It was under attack! There were some strange worm-like creatures with arms and legs!

Cestro morphed into the Blue Aquitian Ranger and joined the other Aquitian Rangers to fight these monsters.

"Hey, glad to meet you guys again," said another blue ranger walking by. Tommy and his gang couldn't believe what they were seeing – the first Blue Ranger when Zordon first picked the rangers years ago.

"Glad I could be of some use still while I'm here!" greeted another ranger Tommy knew right from the beginning – the first Red Ranger.

Then he saw the first Black, Yellow and Pink Rangers fighting the worm monsters. But the monsters were winning. They knocked the rangers down and were about to attack them again, when they were zapped by... Ninjor!

"You guys need any help?" asked the Master of the Power Coins.

Then some worm creatures were zapped by gold lighting. "Any more for me?" asked the Gold Ranger from Triforia.

Tommy and his gang couldn't believe what was happening.

"Do you think maybe we should help?" asked Adam.

"Yeah, let's do it, guys!" ordered Tommy. "It's morphin' – "

But soon the worm creatures vanished into thin air. The confused Rangers powered down and Tommy and his gang saw it was their very old friends: Ninjor, Trey of Triforia, the Aquitian Rangers, Jason, Zack, Trini, Billy from Aquitia and, much to Tommy's delight, Kimberly!

"Tommy! Rocky!" Everyone was really happy to see their old friends again.

"It's great to see you all here," said Tommy, shaking hands with everyone. "But what's going on? Who are those worm creatures? Not from King Mondo or Rita or Lord Zedd, are they?"

"Those worm creatures, or as they are known as Ludgits from the Ludgit Empire from far across the distant universe," began Ninjor, "have arrived on Earth to steal the zords. I had to come out of my cave to do my best, but I couldn't do it without others' help. By the time I arrived, the Power Chamber was under attacked and Zordon and Alpha Five was taken prisoner onboard their ship – "

"Wait!" interrupted Tanya. "Zordon and Alpha's gone?"

"That's right," said Ninjor.

"I can see the Power Chamber destroyed," said Adam. "That must be why our communicator didn't work."
"So I sent a distress signal out to all planets and hoped that someone will come," Ninjor went on.

"When I heard the Aquitian Rangers were going to Earth, I couldn't resist coming with them," Billy said. "And when I got here and saw the Ludgits were attacking, we needed all the help we could get. So I told Ninjor to teleport all the rangers that have ever been rangers here and he gave us our original power coins."

"And when we moved back into action, it felt just like good times," cheered Zack.

"Yeah, this is just like the awesome reunion I've always wanted to have," added Kimberly.

"So far, they haven't taken your zeo zords, but they have taken the Ninja Zord and the Shogun Zords," said Ninjor. "All of them. If they fall into the hands of that Ludgit Empire, they will conquer the universe."

"Then we must get to the Ludgit Empire and save the zords from becoming evil," Trini pointed out.

"With all of us together, the Ludgit Empire won't stand a chance!" Jason announced.

"Including me and my Pyramidas?" asked Trey.

"What can I do without you?" asked Rocky.

"All right, let's morph and get there!" ordered Tommy.

"Wait a minute! What about Aisha?" asked Kimberly.

"What about Auric?" asked Kat.

"Well, if we need them, I'm sure they'll come," replied Tommy. "But now, come on, guys. It's Morphin' time!"


Soon a whole battalion of Power Rangers were morphed and were teleported to a brown desert planet!

The Power Rangers began walking on the deserted desert planet, but no one could find any buildings or plants or trees or Ludgits or other life forms or...

"Water!" Delphine cried. "Water!"

"Yes, we need water!" agreed the other Aquitian Rangers.

"Well, here you can borrow some of mine," offered the original Yellow Ranger, giving them a bottle of water.

"Take some of mine, too," said the original Red Ranger, giving them his bottle of water.

"I've got plenty to spare," smiled the original Pink Ranger, giving them her bottle of water.

Meanwhile, the Red Zeo Ranger turned to the original Blue Ranger. "Hey, Billy, can you find any water on this planet?" he asked.

"Well, according to my tracker," said the original Blue Ranger, holding his tracking device, "this is the kind of planet that has no water and no plants, where life forms, like those Ludgits, could adapt, survive and live here."

"Well, I just hope we'll see some soon," said the Blue Zeo Ranger. "All of this not-finding-anything is just getting on my – "

Soon his wish came true. The Rangers were surrounded by Ludgits.

"I didn't mean this much," sighed the Blue Zeo Ranger.

Soon the Power Rangers were in battle with the Ludgits. But these Ludgits were stronger, more skilled and harder to defeat compared to the ones who attacked the Power Chamber back on Earth. The Rangers did knock some down and would break into pieces, but three more would be behind them and knock them down. Then, for some reason, the Ludgits vanished into thin air.

"Where did they go?" asked the original Pink Ranger.

"I don't know!" said the Pink Zeo Ranger.

"Hey, where's Tommy?" asked the original Black Ranger.

Everyone turned to see that the Red Zeo Ranger had vanished!

"I don't know," said the original Red Ranger. "But maybe if we find something on this planet, we might find Tommy and our Zords."

"I can help you," said a female feeble moaning voice. They all turned to face a strange tree hanging over. Even its roots were hanging out like an opened window. The Power Rangers all walked to it, but they couldn't find anything or anybody at all that could have just spoken.

"Maybe we're hearing things," thought the Pink Zeo Ranger.

When she turned around, she bumped into a strange wooden human-like figure in a ripped cloak.

"Who are you?" asked the Pink Zeo Ranger.

"My name is Paltey," answered the figure. "I am the last of the Jayturs, the people who lived peacefully on this planet until those Ludgits came to our planet and grew intelligent and took over the planet. Our only choice was to either become their slaves or die."

"So how did they avoid you?" asked the original Yellow Ranger.

"I fake my death out here and they, as you would say, "bought it", and for about twenty years, I have tried to find or get help, but all I could find was this planet turning from grass and water into a rough and scorching desert planet."

"Where are your friends now?" asked the Blue Zeo Ranger.

"They are all in the dungeon of the Ludgit Civilization," answered Paltey. "But we cannot go in there! Once we do, we will be trapped in there forever!"

"Well, that won't happen to us," said the Green Zeo Ranger. "We're the Power Rangers and we won't let you down!"

"Besides we lost one of our friends already," added the original Red Ranger. "Take us to this civilization and your planet will be back to what it was before."

"Okay, let us go!" ordered Paltey as she led the Power Rangers through desert storms. The Rangers were protected from the storms by their helmets and they had just enough water bottles to get through. As for Paltey, she was protected by her brown cloak and she wore a little mask on her face.


Finally, they stopped on a hill out of the storm and saw the Ludgit Civilization. It was as large as what the Indus Valley Civilization and its buildings were similar to those to what Ancient Rome or Greece would be like. In the distance, they had a giant square and a circle and a giant spear with faces on them in an Ancient Egyptian style.

"Come on, let's go!" cried the Yellow Zeo Ranger, running, but the original Red Ranger caught her.

"Whoa! Whoa! You want to take a look below?"

The Power Rangers looked down and saw that the gates to the civilization were guarded by Ludgits guards.

"Once they spot us, they'll cause mass hysteria," pointed out the original Black Ranger.

"Billy, do you have an invention that can make us look like these Ludgits?" asked the original Red Ranger.

"Negative," sighed the original Blue Ranger.

"Wait! I have an idea," said Paltey. She pointed to the distance where a strong Ludgit was pulling a cart down the hill to the entrance. There was nothing on the cart except torn ripped cloaks. This gave the Rangers an idea.

Soon the Ludgit slave driver had pulled his cart to the gate. The guards inspected it.

"These the slaves you picked?" asked one of the guards.

The slave driver turned around and was surprised to see his cart full of cloak-covered up slaves! "Yes," he answered.

"All right, go through," the other guard ordered.

The gates opened and the slave driver pulled his cart into the civilization. He pulled his cart to the slave market, but he was shocked to see that his cart had no slaves at all. Because his "slaves" had got off the cart and to the back of a building, where they were some barrels of water waiting. They took their cloaks off and the Power Rangers began to refill their water bottles and the Aquitian Rangers began to relax and enjoy their water.

"So, Patley, where is the Kingdom?" asked the original Red Ranger.

Patley pointed to the top of the hill, where a giant castle, the height of the Empire State Building and the width of a Mountain, stood. "I do not think it will be a good idea to walk up there, because the guards will see you and raise the alarm."

"Great," moaned the original Red Ranger.

"Wait a minute!" cried the original Blue Ranger, studying a grid on the road. He took it off. "Just as I thought. A drain below us. Let's hope it takes us to that castle."
"Then we'd better hurry up! Look!" The Pink Zeo Ranger turned around and pointed to the slave driver and the guards running through the streets.

"Let's go!" ordered the Gold Ranger.

And all the Power Rangers dived in the drain.


"Oh, that was too gross," complained the original Pink Ranger, as she and the other rangers reached the end of the drain and climbed out. They were in a sort of a place filled with sand and being surrounded by rocks. Then lights shone on them! And they were surrounded by thousands of Ludgits applauding!

On the throne stand stood the Emperor Ludgit. "Audience, these so-called Power Rangers have passed their first test of my battle. But do not worry! They will be finished in the next exciting tests!"

Everyone cheered. Then the Power Rangers looked ahead to see a whole battalion of Ludgits marching towards them.

"All right, guys, if he wants us to play games with him, then let's play!" said the original Red Ranger.

All the other Rangers got out their weapons and ran and fought the Ludgits. The Pink Rangers and the Yellow Rangers working together fought the ones charging the spears. The Blue Rangers, the Green Zeo Ranger and the original Black Ranger took care of the ones with swords and shields. The Aquitian Rangers quickly took care of their cannons and their catapults. While these guys were busy, the other rangers made sure that they were not disturbed.

But then came a giant creature with the body of a strong rhino, a head like an elephant and the skin of a zebra all over him.

"Hold everything!" cried the Emperor, standing up. "Let us make this more exciting." Then he grabbed his staff and leaned it forward. The Power Rangers fell to the ground and they were glowing very brightly.

"What's happening?" asked the Green Zeo Ranger.

"I feel weak!" moaned the original Black Ranger.

Then the Rangers were completely powerless; their uniforms vanished and their power coins and weapons vanished without a trace. As for the Gold Ranger, Trey was once again in three bodies. The Emperor waved his staff again and Ninjor was buried in chains!

"Don't worry about me!" cried Ninjor. "Run for your lives!"
"What do we do now?" asked Kimberly.

"Oh, Tommy, where are you?" asked Jason under his breath.

Then he heard yelling coming from the sky. He turned around and saw the original Green Ranger coming towards him.

"Tommy! Thank goodness you're here," said Jason happily. But the Green Ranger kicked him in the stomach, pushing him with the other Rangers.

"Tommy?" Jason was surprised.

"What's going on, man?" asked Zack.

The Green Ranger jumped ahead and started attacking the other Rangers.

"All right, Green Ranger!" called the Emperor. "You have warmed up enough. Now help the Goujen fight the Power Rangers while they are helpless!"

"Yes, your highness," replied the Green Ranger, jumping to the Goujen.

"CHARGE!" ordered the Emperor, giving the signal.

Tommy and the Goujen charged for the helpless Power Rangers. What could they do now?


To Be Continued...